114 5G commercial networks now live worldwide

Mobile network operators continued to bring 5G networks online despite the pandemic and economic downturn, even as new 5G subscriber growth tempered in some areas, according to 5G Americas. In Q2 2020, an additional 30 5G networks went live, bringing t… Continue reading 114 5G commercial networks now live worldwide

114 5G commercial networks now live worldwide

Mobile network operators continued to bring 5G networks online despite the pandemic and economic downturn, even as new 5G subscriber growth tempered in some areas, according to 5G Americas. In Q2 2020, an additional 30 5G networks went live, bringing t… Continue reading 114 5G commercial networks now live worldwide

There’s a new open-source project to detect cellphone-snooping technology

In October 2016, during popular protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, a technologist named Cooper Quintin took a red-eye flight from San Francisco to North Dakota and made his way to the Standing Rock Reservation. There had been reports of police surveillance of the protesters, and Quintin suspected that involved a device known as an IMSI catcher or cell-site simulator. The technology, sometimes referred to as a Stingray, spoofs a cellular tower, tricking your phone into revealing its location. From there, data-stealing attacks on the phone are possible. Police and spies use the gear for surveillance. At Standing Rock, Quintin took out his software-defined radio, scanning for abnormal signals, and opened up an Android app known for spotting IMSI catchers. He didn’t get any hits. “I had no idea what I was doing,” said Quintin, a security researcher at the nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation. He was using technology designed for […]

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If I am trying to clean install a MacOS with internet recovery, is it safer to use mobile network than WIFI network?

I just clean installed my MacOS Catalina on my MacBook due to virus on my PC that I worried got on my MacBook via usb file transfer.

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Global 5G connections reach 17.7 million, 59 5G commercial networks live

Customers are making 5G the fastest growing generation of cellular wireless technology in terms of new subscriptions, according to 5G Americas. According to data based from Omdia, there are now over 17.7 million 5G connections globally as of Q4 2019, w… Continue reading Global 5G connections reach 17.7 million, 59 5G commercial networks live

LTE vulnerability allows impersonation of other mobile devices

Researchers have found a way to impersonate mobile devices on 4G and 5G mobile networks, and are calling on operators and standards bodies to fix the flaw that caused it. Continue reading LTE vulnerability allows impersonation of other mobile devices

36C3: SIM Card Technology From A to Z

SIM cards are all around us, and with the continuing growth of the Internet of Things, spawning technologies like NB-IoT, this might as well be very literal soon. But what do we really know about them, their internal structure, and their communication protocols? And by extension, their security? To shine …read more

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A 4G Rover And The Benefits Of A Shakedown Mission

Many moons ago, in the shadowy darkness of the 1990s, a young Lewin visited his elder cousin. An adept AMOS programmer, he had managed to get his Amiga 500 to control an RC car, with little more than a large pile of relays and guile. Everything worked well, but there …read more

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Determinants of Success in Tomorrow’s Ultra-Connected World

(The following article is reprinted from The Fast Mode)   A growing number of players, from Mobile Network Operators to Mobile Virtualized Network Operators, are vying for their share of today’s competitive telecoms market. With brand loyalt… Continue reading Determinants of Success in Tomorrow’s Ultra-Connected World